Alden Pasche Explained

Alden Pasche
Birth Date:19 July 1910
Birth Place:Houston, Texas, U.S.
Death Place:Houston, Texas, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years1:1930–1931
Player Team1:Rice
Coach Sport1:Basketball
Coach Years1:1945–1956
Coach Team1:Houston
Coach Sport2:Football
Coach Years2:1946–1947
Coach Team2:Houston (assistant)
Overall Record: (college)
Tournament Record:0–2 (NCAA)
2–2 (NAIA)
Championships:2 LSC (1946, 1947)
GCC (1950)
MVC (1956)
Awards:MVC Coach of the Year (1956)

Herbert Alden Pasche (July 19, 1910  - May 9, 1986) was the first head coach of the Houston Cougars men's basketball team from 1945 to 1956. Pasche also served off as an assistant coach for the Houston Cougars football program as a line coach from 1946 to 1947. While at the university, Pasche served as an associate professor of health and physical education.[1] Pasche was a 1932 graduate of Rice University, where he played football as an end for the Rice Owls.[2]

During Pasche's tenure, he posted a 135–116 record.[3] Under his leadership in 1949, the Cougars won the Gulf Coast Conference championship. Hall of Fame coach Guy Lewis played for Pasche, eventually becoming an assistant coach before being handed the job upon Pasche's retirement.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Peggy Kimbro Celebrates 25 Years of Library Service . The South Texas College of Law Library . 2008-01-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060901214150/http://www.stcl.edu/library/fn11-4peggy.html . September 1, 2006 .
  2. Web site: Official 2003 Men's NCAA Basketball Records Book . NCAA . 2008-01-24.
  3. News: First UH basketball Coach Pasche dead . Houston Chronicle . 1986-05-10 . 2008-07-16.
  4. News: First UH hoop coach dies . Odessa American . 1986-05-11 . 2024-02-10.